Jim Bouton Woke Up America
by Charles P. Pierce from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4K14A)
In 1969 and 1970, two books were published that demystified two of the most hidebound American institutions-presidential campaigns and major-league baseball. By and large, both were exercises controlled at their very top by Penis-Americans who were so white that they barely cast a shadow. They were both so covered"